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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Broomfield, CO, US

Member of the executive leadership team responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources and Marketing Communications functions for an international construction company. Focus areas include Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Employee Engagement, Total Rewards, DE&I, Operational Effectiveness, Change Management, Employee Communications..

Broomfield, CO, US

Member of the executive leadership team responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function for an international construction company. Focus areas include: Talent Acquisition, Employee Development and Engagement, Succession Planning, Total Rewards, and Operational Effectiveness.

Broomfield, CO, US

Responsible for providing strategic and operational Human Resources oversight for several divisions of the company, along with functional oversight for Talent Acquisition and Development

• Member of the executive management team responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function for a global company serving the global media and broadcaster markets (approximately 1500 employees.
• Reduced HR infrastructure costs by $2M during the divestiture process from a publically traded to a privately held company.
• Expedited the realignment of global core programs (welfare benefits, pension/401k, total rewards, staffing) to position the business to achieve strategic and operational objectives ($1.7M in cost savings).
• Achieved 100% of all milestones related to the divestiture.
• Executive sponsor for the Employee Engagement Survey and follow on action planning.

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Provided strategic and operational leadership on all aspects of Human Resources for a company serving the global media and broadcaster markets (approximately 2300 employees worldwide).Accomplishments include:
• Critical member of the executive team responsible for the successful divestiture of the division.
• Architected the structural evolution of the division from 5 silo business units to one company.
• Introduced formal mentoring and executive coaching program to develop and retain talent.
• Recruited by the CEO to lead the integration of the corporation’s largest acquisition – met all key metrics.
• Executed several global downsizing actions to realign costs with forecasted business results.

• Strategic Human Resources partner to US DoD government business, which included approximately 3000 employees based in North America. Accomplishments include:
• Collaborated with executive team to conceive and implement an integrated talent management process targeted at senior scientist succession planning.
• Named as chairperson responsible for administrating a $2M hurricane aid program to employees.
• Improved productivity by implementing commercial business concepts into government contracting model.
• Served as alternate to Vice President of Human Resources in her absence.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership on all aspects of Human Resources for a global high tech company (approximately 1200 employees worldwide).Accomplishments include:
• Eliminated 8% of the HR budget while top-grading talent and transforming the function from an administrative focus to global partner by implementing worldwide business-centered policies/procedures.
• Implement a comprehensive restructuring plan (reducing costs by approximately 15%) to reposition the business for international growth (facilities consolidation, global redundancy actions, etc).
• Implemented a new global communication program which improved employee engagement.
• Established formal integrated processes (staffing, employee development, & succession planning) to build bench strength in strategic areas (Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Product Line Management).

• Provide Human Resources leadership for a global high tech company (approximately 500 employees worldwide). Achievements include
• Co-led a corporate team who eliminated $10M costs and transformed the HR function.
• Completed 3 acquisitions, including all integration activities.
• Created an integrated system to promote an innovative & empowered culture.
• Reduced staffing costs by 6% & improved retention by 50% by re-engineering the talent acquisition process.
• Assigned as the executive sponsor responsible for the divestiture of a business; achieved all milestones.

Served as a business partner, providing comprehensive Human Resources support to the following teams: Operations, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Accounting/Finance, and Product Line Management. Chairperson for the EH&S Committee.

New York, NY, US

Provide instructional, leadership, team and interpersonal skills based training to the organization to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the company.

Hired as a new college graduate, I progressed my career by successfully leading functional areas of expertise (talent acquisition, benefits, compensation, employee relations, career development / succession planning) and driving change to positive impact the organization.

Executive Development Program

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

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